JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that most of the provincial capital areas in Indonesia will be hit by light rain on Thursday, March 5.
BMKG Praktirawan Alya, quoted by Antara, reminded the public to be on alert for the potential for heavy to very heavy rain in the Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, Jakarta, Central Java, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) regions.
For the weather in major cities starting from Sumatra Island, Medan City, Pekanbaru, Tanjung Pinang, and Banda Aceh, it is predicted to be thick clouds, while light rain is potentially occurring in Padang City, Jambi, Palembang, and Bandar Lampung.
"Be aware of the lightning that can occur in Bengkulu and Pangkal Pinang," said Alya, Thursday morning.
Turning to Java, he said, the weather was predicted to be light rain in Jakarta, Serang, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya, while Semarang had the potential for light intensity rain.
Moving to the Kalimantan region, he continued, Banjarmasin is predicted to be cloudy, while Pontianak, Tanjung Selor, Samarinda, and Palangkaraya will be showered with light intensity rain.
Moving to the Bali and Nusa Tenggara region, Alya said the weather was predicted to be light rain in Denpasar and Kupang, while Mataram had the potential for moderate intensity rain.
Then for Sulawesi Island, he continued, the weather is predicted to be rainy with moderate intensity in Makassar, Kendari, Mamuju, Palu, and Gorontalo. Manado City has the potential to rain with moderate intensity.
For the Ambon area, he said, Ambon City will be covered by thick clouds, while Ternate has the potential for light rain. Meanwhile, for the Papua region, light rain will pour over most areas ranging from Sorong, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, and Jayawijaya.
"Merauke will be showered with moderate intensity rain," said Alya.
He also said that the tropical cyclone 90 S seed was predicted to be in the southwest Indian Ocean south of East Java. In 48-72 hours it will decrease in intensity to tropical-low. The growth of this cyclone seed is a potentially low tropical cyclone.
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